In this fakely wound web of busy life, Panduranagadu is worth a watch for all of us for the bottom line it tries to convey-Respect parents. Parents are more than the God himself.
Also, it is a decent to attempt to showcase our culture,devotion and traditions.
Artist's Performance :
Balakrishna is simply graceful in dual roles as Pundareeka and Lord Krishna.esp. as Lord krishna, he has relived some of the moments of the Legend, the great, late NTR.
Also, the thought provoking discussions on Bhakti and Tatva are very engaging to the audience and makes them immersed into the story.
The role is a cake-walk for sneha.She has done this meaty kind of a understanding wife to perfection.Tabu is used mainly to woo the front benchers and she doesn't do injustice either.
Mohan Babu , though appeared in a brief role, has to applauded for his effort and it is his role that adds momentum to the movie in the later half.
Technical Depeartements :
Raghavendra Rao should be commended for his ability to drive a devotional message in a
commercial way. He has done it again and only he can do it. No others can even try.
Bharavi ,excepting a few times, where dialogues seem insipid and doesn't seem to have come from enough depth- otherwise he has put in brilliant performance in providing the script with all needed ingradients.
Music by MM keeravani is another very useful addtion to the movie.
Scenes to watch out for :
The very entry scene of Lord Krishna : "viswaroopam" ( Theatre resounded with claps)
The scene of pundareeka asking Lord to wait outside as he has to complete his pithru seva.
Weakness :
Couple of double meaning dialogues- comedy is below par.
Tabu probably went over-board ( esp. in "kosala desapu" song)
The sets of Brindavanam etc.,
Having said that, the movie is worth a watch for all the good efforts put in by "few good men".
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Coming Up- Pandurangadu movie review
Pandurangadu is releasing all over the world today ,without much of hype.With not many films successful this summer, and industry just waiting for something to happen, this can just be the much needed saviour of 2008.BalaKrishna , sneha , Tabu is expected to have put-in brilliant performances.
Get Glued to this page, as we get you to the review of this movie in a few hours.
Get Glued to this page, as we get you to the review of this movie in a few hours.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
BujjiGadu - storylo konchem weak ayyadu
It is so easy to put the blame for weak collections in tollywood on scorching heat, the big success of IPL etc., we should not forget the fact that, the movies of late have to blame themselves for this situation. Infact we are reaching mid-2008, still, we donn have a pokiri , simhadri ,a samara simha erddy or a tagore yet this year that set box office ringing and stands out as contender for the year's best . Like Okka Magaadu,Jalsa,kantri,parugu - Bujjigadu was another movie, which if it got its basics right would have been the first big hit of the season.( Jalsa collected lot of money, but as everybody accepts, it is more a 50-day movie ).
Bujjigadu has all the inputs to make it big- The macho man Prabhas, cute Trisha, Mohan babu - the legend ( or say, the celebrity) and above all- the pokiri director in tollywood- one and only Puri.
But , if you go with the expectation of Union of all these talents- there you are , watch your leg now, it is already in the mud. It is not even intersection,to say the least.
Stroy line is wafer thin, hero(Bujji) , native of vizag, leaves his parents in his childhood, as his childhood friend(chitti) asks him not to talk with her anymore , a reason which they themselves call silly-so we can conclude for a silly reason only to spend the rest of his childhood in chennai beating up goons -again for no reason, etc., . After 12 years, how bujji retruns back to vizag and wins chitti forms the rest of the film.
First half is fairly simple and entertaining with good hummable songs with elegant picturisation ( esp. the song with trisha, shown in multiple frames on the screen)
Second half is a painful drag, as the screenplay looks lost and the story doesn't seem to go anywhere( infact, it neednot go anywhere , we can have climax immediately after the interval)
Prabhas is really cool and goadavari accent suited him well.
Mohan babu is wasted in the movie, some there is no energy at all in his character.
Trisha and sanjana has nothing much to offer.
sandeep chowta , has given some peppy numbers .
Comedy track is forgetable to say the least.
The strenghts of the movie : Prabhas, first half of the movie
The Weakness : Mohan Babu, very weak villany, and poor screenplay in second half, worst comedy
The biggest flaw :
The main villains in the movie machireddy ( kota ) and his sons, by nature they are weak and cannot handle sivanna ( mohan babu) alone and request bujji to do this favour for them.
Now just imagine bujji joining hands with sivanna by end of first half to eliminate these alrady weak fellows.
Overall yet antoher much expected movie turned dud.
With not much happening in movie front,and deccan chargers ousted in IPL, the by-election in some regions of Telangana is the happening topic in AP right now, with All political parties keeping their fingers crossed .
Tommorow I am going to vote. Long live democracy.
Bujjigadu has all the inputs to make it big- The macho man Prabhas, cute Trisha, Mohan babu - the legend ( or say, the celebrity) and above all- the pokiri director in tollywood- one and only Puri.
But , if you go with the expectation of Union of all these talents- there you are , watch your leg now, it is already in the mud. It is not even intersection,to say the least.
Stroy line is wafer thin, hero(Bujji) , native of vizag, leaves his parents in his childhood, as his childhood friend(chitti) asks him not to talk with her anymore , a reason which they themselves call silly-so we can conclude for a silly reason only to spend the rest of his childhood in chennai beating up goons -again for no reason, etc., . After 12 years, how bujji retruns back to vizag and wins chitti forms the rest of the film.
First half is fairly simple and entertaining with good hummable songs with elegant picturisation ( esp. the song with trisha, shown in multiple frames on the screen)
Second half is a painful drag, as the screenplay looks lost and the story doesn't seem to go anywhere( infact, it neednot go anywhere , we can have climax immediately after the interval)
Prabhas is really cool and goadavari accent suited him well.
Mohan babu is wasted in the movie, some there is no energy at all in his character.
Trisha and sanjana has nothing much to offer.
sandeep chowta , has given some peppy numbers .
Comedy track is forgetable to say the least.
The strenghts of the movie : Prabhas, first half of the movie
The Weakness : Mohan Babu, very weak villany, and poor screenplay in second half, worst comedy
The biggest flaw :
The main villains in the movie machireddy ( kota ) and his sons, by nature they are weak and cannot handle sivanna ( mohan babu) alone and request bujji to do this favour for them.
Now just imagine bujji joining hands with sivanna by end of first half to eliminate these alrady weak fellows.
Overall yet antoher much expected movie turned dud.
With not much happening in movie front,and deccan chargers ousted in IPL, the by-election in some regions of Telangana is the happening topic in AP right now, with All political parties keeping their fingers crossed .
Tommorow I am going to vote. Long live democracy.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
How the stars of Tolloywod stars turned in 2006
Most of the Tolloywood heroes are celebrating the New Year on a happy note as they managed to taste the success in 2006. Surprisingly the Hits and Flops are evenly distributed among all the stars. To add to this no Star except Jagapathi Babu has registered a couple of hits.
Megastar Chiranjeevi with Stalin, Victory Venkatesh with Lakshmi recorded hits without any flops are sitting easy at the top. Comedian turned Hero Sunil as Andala Ramudu and Lawrence with his Style registered their wins on the silver screen. Both of them have started their innings on Tolloywood with a victory.
Most of the big stars have an even year with one hit and one flop. Mahesh Babu has a block buster Pokiri and a flop Sinikudu. Nagarjuna started positively with Sri Ramadasu and ended the year with flop movie Boss to break his double hatrick after 6 consecutive hits. Energetic hero Siddartha’s Chukkallo Chandrudu as lover boy couldn’t get success, but he came with mega hit Bommarillu in the second half of the year. Thanks to Bhaskar for his clean entertainer. NTR and Pawan started badly with Ashok and Bangaram but the Rakhi and Annavaram emerged as late winner of 2006. NTR gave an exceptional performance in Rakhi and joined the race for best actor along with Nagarjuna. Mass hero Gopichand had a big hit with Ranam but failed to change his image with sentiment based Raraju. Sumanth had a decent flick with Sekhar Kammula’s Godavari but failed as Chinnodu. Sivaji failed to attract the mass with Sitaramudu but went back to basics to register a comedy winner Tata Birla Madyalo Lila.
Allu Arjun had an average flick year with Happy. One the other hand Jagapathi Babu lone hero with couple of hits Samanudu and Pellina Kothalo had ended his disastrous failure streak (of 12 films) mid of this year after suffering from 3 flops Sivakasi, Brahmastram and Gopi.
Few of the other heroes have failed more times than success. Raviteja has more to flip side with Shock and Khatarnak than success with Vikramarkudu. New entry Bharat with a hit 10th class and couple of flops Manodu and Maa Iddari Madhya, veteran Rajendra Prasad had taste of success with Bhagya Lakshmi Bumper Draw and flops with Sarada Saradaga and disastrous Iddaru Attala Muddula Alludu and finally Allari Naresh with decent Kitakitalu and flops with Party, Gopi and Roommates falls in the same category.
The stars who failed to taste the success this year are Bala Krishna with Veerabhadra rebel star Prabhas with Pornami, Kalyan Ram with Asadhyudu, Raja Sekhar with Raja Babu. Disappointing year for stars those tasted the failure more than once. Raja with Kokila and Mayabazarm, Arjun with Sivakasi and Ayya, Sharwanand with Veedhi and Amma Chappindi, Venu with Sri Krishna 2006 and illalu Priyuralu are in this list. Last and of course the least came from Srikanth who had whopping 5 releases Sarada Saradaga, Evandoi Sreevaru, Mayajalam, Sri Krishna 2006 and Adi Lakshmi and all of them toppled at Box Office.
If you want me to put in an order the list goes like Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Siddartha, NTR, Pawan Kalyan, Gopichand, Sumanth, Sivaji, Allu Arjun, Jagapathi Babu, Raviteja, Rajendra Prasad, Bharat, Naresh, Bala Krishna, Prabhas, Kalyan Ram, Raja, Arjun, Venu and Srikanth.
Megastar Chiranjeevi with Stalin, Victory Venkatesh with Lakshmi recorded hits without any flops are sitting easy at the top. Comedian turned Hero Sunil as Andala Ramudu and Lawrence with his Style registered their wins on the silver screen. Both of them have started their innings on Tolloywood with a victory.
Most of the big stars have an even year with one hit and one flop. Mahesh Babu has a block buster Pokiri and a flop Sinikudu. Nagarjuna started positively with Sri Ramadasu and ended the year with flop movie Boss to break his double hatrick after 6 consecutive hits. Energetic hero Siddartha’s Chukkallo Chandrudu as lover boy couldn’t get success, but he came with mega hit Bommarillu in the second half of the year. Thanks to Bhaskar for his clean entertainer. NTR and Pawan started badly with Ashok and Bangaram but the Rakhi and Annavaram emerged as late winner of 2006. NTR gave an exceptional performance in Rakhi and joined the race for best actor along with Nagarjuna. Mass hero Gopichand had a big hit with Ranam but failed to change his image with sentiment based Raraju. Sumanth had a decent flick with Sekhar Kammula’s Godavari but failed as Chinnodu. Sivaji failed to attract the mass with Sitaramudu but went back to basics to register a comedy winner Tata Birla Madyalo Lila.
Allu Arjun had an average flick year with Happy. One the other hand Jagapathi Babu lone hero with couple of hits Samanudu and Pellina Kothalo had ended his disastrous failure streak (of 12 films) mid of this year after suffering from 3 flops Sivakasi, Brahmastram and Gopi.
Few of the other heroes have failed more times than success. Raviteja has more to flip side with Shock and Khatarnak than success with Vikramarkudu. New entry Bharat with a hit 10th class and couple of flops Manodu and Maa Iddari Madhya, veteran Rajendra Prasad had taste of success with Bhagya Lakshmi Bumper Draw and flops with Sarada Saradaga and disastrous Iddaru Attala Muddula Alludu and finally Allari Naresh with decent Kitakitalu and flops with Party, Gopi and Roommates falls in the same category.
The stars who failed to taste the success this year are Bala Krishna with Veerabhadra rebel star Prabhas with Pornami, Kalyan Ram with Asadhyudu, Raja Sekhar with Raja Babu. Disappointing year for stars those tasted the failure more than once. Raja with Kokila and Mayabazarm, Arjun with Sivakasi and Ayya, Sharwanand with Veedhi and Amma Chappindi, Venu with Sri Krishna 2006 and illalu Priyuralu are in this list. Last and of course the least came from Srikanth who had whopping 5 releases Sarada Saradaga, Evandoi Sreevaru, Mayajalam, Sri Krishna 2006 and Adi Lakshmi and all of them toppled at Box Office.
If you want me to put in an order the list goes like Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Siddartha, NTR, Pawan Kalyan, Gopichand, Sumanth, Sivaji, Allu Arjun, Jagapathi Babu, Raviteja, Rajendra Prasad, Bharat, Naresh, Bala Krishna, Prabhas, Kalyan Ram, Raja, Arjun, Venu and Srikanth.
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